The route passes through four high mountain passes and remains snowbound from October to May or June.

Also, the luxury bus service linking picturesque tourist resort Manali in Himachal Pradesh with Leh will restart on July 1, more than six months after it was halted for the winter, said Vijay Sharma, the General Manager of the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC).

The 35-seater bus will leave Manali at 11 a.m. on every alternate day and will arrive in Leh the next day in the evening after covering 475 km.

The bus will halt overnight at Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti district. From there, it will depart at 4 a.m.

One-way fare, including a night’s stay at Keylong, dinner and breakfast, is Rs 2,700.

For the night stay, a special camping site has been developed at Keylong for the passengers by the HPTDC.

The HPTDC is running the luxury bus service to promote tourism in Himachal Pradesh.